WHO-Europe
The rise and rise of interpersonal violence – an unintended impact of the COVID-19 response on families (3 June 2020): http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/violence-and-injuries/news/news/2020/6/the-rise-and-rise-of-interpersonal-violence-an-unintended-impact-of-the-covid-19-response-on-families
UN News
UN chief underlines need to protect refugees and migrants in COVID-19 pandemic (3 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065322
‘Unprecedented’ financing needed to halt recession of ‘unparalleled proportions’: Mohammed (2 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065332
Put human rights at the centre of coronavirus response urges Muhammad-Bande (2 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065312
Coronavirus a challenge, and opportunity, to fix remittances system than funnels billions home from abroad (2 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065282
Address ‘appalling impact’ of COVID-19 on minorities, UN rights chief urges (2 June 2020): https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065272
DGC
Launch of Policy Brief on the Impact of COVID-19 on Refugees, IDPs and Migrants: “The COVID-19 crisis is an opportunity to reimagine human mobility” / by António Guterres (2 June 2020): https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/covid-19-crisis-opportunity-reimagine-human-mobility
UN helps children learn online during COVID-19 (UNIS Vienna) (2 June 2020): https://www.un.org/en/coronavirus/un-helps-children-learn-online-during-covid-19
DESA
UN meeting to help developing economies stricken by COVID-19 to tap emergency relief resources (2 June 2020): https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/financing/un-meeting-to-help-developing-economies-tap-emergency-relief-resources.html
DSG
United Nations Fully Mobilized to Help Countries Respond, Recover from COVID-19, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Financing for Development Forum (DSG/SM/1417, 2 June 2020): https://www.un.org/press/en/2020/dsgsm1417.doc.htm
ECOSOC
President’s Statement – Opening Statement at the Virtual Meeting of the FfD Forum on Financing and policy solutions to respond to COVID-19 (2 June 2020): https://www.un.org/ecosoc/sites/www.un.org.ecosoc/files/files/en/president/2020/opening-statement-ecosoc-president-2-june-2020.pdf
IFAD
Sierra Leone: Recovering from a pandemic (2 June 2020): https://www.ifad.org/web/latest/video/asset/41949107
The impact of COVID-19 on smallholders in China (2 June 2020): https://www.ifad.org/web/latest/blog/asset/41949073
IMF
How the Great Lockdown Saved Lives (2 June 2020): https://blogs.imf.org/2020/06/02/how-the-great-lockdown-saved-lives/
F&D Newsletter, June 2020: Policies, Politics and Pandemics: https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2020/06/index.htm
IOM
IOM, Government of South Sudan to Establish a Point of Entry in Rank (2 June 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/iom-government-south-sudan-establish-point-entry-rank
In Horn of Africa Migrant Support Centres Join Fight Against Covid-19 (2 June 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/horn-africa-migrant-support-centres-join-fight-against-covid-19
Adapting to Change: IOM Faces COVID-19 Pandemic by Strengthening Outreach Tools (2 June 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/adapting-change-iom-faces-covid-19-pandemic-strengthening-outreach-tools
Resettlement Sites in Need of Further Preparedness as COVID-19 Cases Increase in Mozambique (2 June 2020): https://www.iom.int/news/resettlement-sites-need-further-preparedness-covid-19-cases-increase-mozambique
Opinion: Now is not the time to turn our backs on Yemen / By António Vitorino, IOM Director General (2 June 2020): https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/opinion-now-not-time-turn-our-backs-yemen
ITU
At TDAG 2020, let’s seize the momentum to ‘build back better’ after COVID-19 (2 June 2020): http://news.itu.int/at-tdag-2020-lets-seize-the-momentum-to-build-back-better-after-covid-19/
OCHA
Floods, locusts and COVID-19: UN agencies warn Somalia’s gains at risk from ‘triple threat’ (2 June 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/floods-locusts-and-covid-19-un-agencies-warn-somalia%E2%80%99s-gains-risk-%E2%80%98triple-threat%E2%80%99
Syria: UN continues cross-border humanitarian response amid COVID-19 (2 June 2020): https://www.unocha.org/story/syria-un-continues-cross-border-humanitarian-response-amid-covid-19
OHCHR
Disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on racial and ethnic minorities needs to be urgently addressed – Bachelet (2 June 2020): https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25916&LangID=E
UN-Habitat
Ethiopia and UN-Habitat join forces to redesign outdoor markets to reduce COVID-19 risk (2 June 2020): https://unhabitat.org/ethiopia-and-un-habitat-join-forces-to-redesign-outdoor-markets-to-reduce-covid-19-risk
Uganda’s capital promotes cycling to protect against COVID-19 (2 June 2020): https://unhabitat.org/uganda%E2%80%99s-capital-promotes-cycling-to-protect-against-covid-19
Community support is key to successful hand-washing stations to combat COVID-19 in Myanmar (2 June 2020): https://unhabitat.org/community-support-is-key-to-successful-hand-washing-stations-to-combat-covid-19-in-myanmar
UNAIDS
Feature story: Mobilizing COVID-19 relief for transgender sex workers in Guyana and Suriname (2 June 2020): https://www.unaids.org/en/resources/presscentre/featurestories/2020/june/20200602_twinkle
UNDRR
Applying Lessons from COVID-19 Prevention and Risk Reduction to Build a Sustainable and Resilient World (3 June 2020): https://www.undrr.org/news/applying-lessons-covid-19-prevention-and-risk-reduction-build-sustainable-and-resilient-world
UNECE
Personal Protective Equipment standards must respond to women’s needs to ensure the safety of all frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic / By UNECE Executive Secretary Olga Algayerova and UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia Alia El-Yassir (2 June 2020): http://www.unece.org/info/media/executive-secretary-blog/2020/personal-protective-equipment-standards-must-respond-to-womens-needs-to-ensure-the-safety-of-all-frontline-workers-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/doc.html
UNEP
Cooling industry supports fight against COVID-19, steps up climate action (2 June 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/cooling-industry-supports-fight-against-covid-19-steps-climate-action
Back in the saddle (2 June 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/back-saddle
COVID-19 updates from UNEP (1 June 2020): https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/covid-19-updates-unep
UNESCO
Access to Information in Times of Crisis (2 June 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/access-information-times-crisis
Learning through radio and television in the time of COVID-19 (2 June 2020): https://en.unesco.org/news/learning-through-radio-and-television-time-covid-19
UNFPA
Demand for counselling services spikes in Palestine amid COVID-19 lockdown (2 June 2020): https://www.unfpa.org/news/demand-counselling-services-spikes-palestine-amid-covid-19-lockdown
UNHCR
5 Key Calls to the European Union on the COVID-19 Response (2 June 2020): https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/details/76748
UNICEF
A rapid review of economic policy and social protection responses to health and economic crises and their effects on children: Lessons for the COVID-19 pandemic response (2 June 2020): https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/1095-rapid-review-economic-policy-social-protection-responses-to-health-and-economic-crises.html
Coronavirus (COVID-19) guide for parents: https://www.unicef.org/parenting/coronavirus-covid-19-guide-parents
UNV
Volunteers raising awareness of COVID-19 in Liberia (2 June 2020): https://www.unv.org/News/Volunteers-raising-awareness-COVID-19-Liberia
UN Volunteers help deliver peace in Somalia during COVID-19 (1 June 2020): https://www.unv.org/Success-stories/UN-Volunteers-help-deliver-peace-Somalia-during-COVID-19
UPU
Portugal’s Post innovates on financial services during the pandemic (2 June 2020): http://news.upu.int/no_cache/nd/portugals-post-innovates-on-financial-services-during-the-pandemic/
WORLD BANK
Countries Can Take Steps Now to Rebuild from COVID-19 (2 June 2020): https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2020/06/02/countries-can-take-steps-now-to-speed-recovery-from-covid-19